Hello Ram, That is true, BlueCoat treats file extensions as domain extensions. DomainIncite has posted some explanation from them on http://domainincite.com/19241-blue-coat-explains-zip-screw-up, including the doesn't-make-any-sense statement "In conclusion, none of the .zip “domains” we see in our traffic logs are requests to registered sites. Nevertheless, we recommend that people block these requests, until valid .zip domains start showing up." Kind regards, Siemen Roorda Openprovider On 16/09/15 22:37, Ram Mohan wrote:
BlueCoat’s methodology is discussed in some security group mailing lists.
My understanding is that in the case of .zip, there were instances of <file>.pdf.zip which allowed for drive-bys, malware etc. regardless of the state of name registration.
-ram
*From:* Jennifer Gore Standiford [mailto:JStandiford@web.com <mailto:JStandiford@web.com>] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2015 4:32 PM *To:* Ram Mohan <rmohan@afilias.info <mailto:rmohan@afilias.info>> *Cc:* UA-discuss@icann.org <mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org> *Subject:* RE: [UA-discuss] Blue Coat's Web's Shadiest Neighborhoods and implications on TLD acceptance
Ram and UA Members,
Have we requested or received any of the underlying data that supports the stats outlined in the BlueCoat report? I wonder why the .zip extension was referenced as a ‘shady’ considering it hasn’t launched yet.
Thanks, Jennifer
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*From:*ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org <mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org> [mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Ram Mohan *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2015 1:43 PM *To:* UA-discuss@icann.org <mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org> *Subject:* [UA-discuss] Blue Coat's Web's Shadiest Neighborhoods and implications on TLD acceptance
Folks,
BlueCoat <https://www.bluecoat.com/company-overview>, a security vendor used by most of the Fortune 500, released a report on the Web’s shadiest TLDs <https://www.bluecoat.com/company/press-releases/blue-coat-reveals-webs-shadi...> on Sep 1, 2015. They recommend to their 15,000+ customers to block all listed TLDs (report attached). Most of these are new gTLDs.
There are implications for universal acceptance. This will result in some discussion at the upcoming UA Coordination Summit in Horsham tomorrow and Friday. The summit will have a conference bridge for anyone interesting in participating. Don Hollander will provide details.
-Ram
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*The Web’s Top 10 "TLDs with Shady Sites*"*
*Rank * *Top-Level Domain Name * *Percentage of Shady Sites*
*#1 .zip 100.00%*
*#2 .review 100.00% *
*#3 .country 99.97%*
*#4 .kim 99.74% *
*#5 .cricket 99.57% *
*#6 .science 99.35% *
*#7 .work 98.20%*
*#8 .party 98.07% *
*#9 .gq (Equatorial Guinea) 97.68%*
*#10 .link 96.98%*
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